TWiEVO 81: Evolution's new and improved slime molds - a podcast by Vincent Racaniello

Nels and Vincent discuss how duplication of a gene encoding a transcription factor led to evolution of a novel cell type in the slime mold Dictyostelium.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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• Gene duplication leads to novel cell type (Current Biol)
• Evolution of multicellularity (TWiEVO 11)
• Letters read on TWiEVO 81
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